Ligonier Banner., Volume 54, Number 31A, Ligonier, Noble County, 5 October 1920 — Page 1

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o[EADY EMPLOYN o : HIGHWAY IRON PRODUCTS COMPANY CALLS FORE LARGER FORCE IN BANNER ¢ No Reduction In Force Nor Hours at H. 1. P. Co. and Ligonler Reiri- ‘ - gerator Company . Agsurances are given that at least ‘two of Ligonier's big manifacturing " concerns will operate during the fall - and winter on full time and to their _usual capacity. : While in the south on a reacent trip President Joseph of the Highway Iron Produets company secured orders for Toad and other machinery sufficient to keep the factory running indefinitely. On another page of the Banner will be found an advertisement for ‘workmen. Men who desire to take employment will do so with assurances of steady work at good pay. - The federal and state governments are comstructing many highwayg in the south and Mr. Joseph has contracts

to supply road building machinery culverts and other materials. -

Mr. Joseph announces that a force of from 40 to 656 men will be steadily employed and that living conditions for employees will have attention. This means much for Ligonjer. - Another big plant® which will go ahead on full time and with a full force is the Ligonier Refrigerator company. This concern also has advance orders for its products to insure employment. to a full force

through the entire fall and winter. - This news will be encouraging to the factory workers of Ligonier. Many of the & automobile factories are reducing their forces and working hours and there is little prospect that they will resume capacity production before next spring. This action is bound to leave many employees withput steady ~work during the winter Attention is called to fthe “men wanted” advertisement of the H. I P. Company on another page of this issue. .

Livestock Club Boys and Girls. Thirty<three boys and girls comple’ed their work in county livestock clubs at the Kendallville Fair Jast week. Ten were in the Duroc-Jersey Pig Club, ten in the shorthorn- heifer club and thirteen in the Poland China Pig Feeding Club. Dallas B&ck won first in the Shorthorn Club, Kenneth Emerick, first in the Duroc Club and Fay Parker won first in the Poland China Club. : Sixty boys and girls were special guests of the Fair Association nearly all of whom belonged to at least one of the numerous boys’' and girls' clubs in the county. They stayed in a special Y. M. C. A. camp under the supervision of County Y. M. C. A. Secretary J. C. Brunk. The girls were chaperoned by Mrs. R. Gallop, of Elkhart township. All expense of board, etc was born by the Fair Association. A splendid banquet was given the Clubs on Wednesday evening by the Fair - association. The Methodist Ladies of Kendallville prepared the spread and served it in the basement of their church. o Progressive - Breeders of Spotted Poland Swine have issued a call to all Noble County admirers of the breed to meet in the County Agent’s office on Wednesday evening October 6th, at 8:00 o'clock: Formation of a Spotted Poland Breeders Association will be considered. = ; - Buy Machinery. { Newman & Longnecker, of South Milford, operators ot?nra‘ge and machine shop in that village have purchased the machinery of George W. Woodhouse formerly used in the Blazed Trail Garage. : Great Show at Goshen. Lou Tellegen, the eminent young actor, who is staring under his own management, and who will on Thursday, Oct. 7 present himself (in person) -and his own company at the Jefferson

Goshen, in a magnificent production of his great American success, “Blind Youth,” the comedy drama in three acts by Mr. Tellegen and Willard Mack, believes all things jin life are biter unless we sweeten them ourselves, which he wi#ll amply demonstrate in his portrayal of the character ‘he made famous. : ; His supporting company wil® include such well known people as Lorna Ambler, Juliettee Crosby, Helen, ‘Grayce, Marcelle Baguer, Kathryn Howard, Douglas S. Bright, George Deneubourg, Schuyler White and Russell Clark, and he has given the ‘play a magnificent dress. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott who spent the summer in Ligonier and Wawasee have returned to their home in Indi-

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] CLAUDE BOWERS TO SPEAK | SEE . ; Wil Peliver Address W Headquarters 'B. y Oet. Claude G. Bowers, recognized as one of the leading orators of the state, will address the people of Ligonler io Democratic headquarters over Williams drug store Monday evening, October 11. Mr. Bowers, who is editor in chief of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, {8 the equal of former Senator Beveridge as a platform speaker and always pleases his audience. Mr. Bowers will devote much of his address to state issues. * - Girl Returns Home. : Mrs. Joe Bowman allas Helen Foster, is back home in Chicago with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Silvers. Some time ago the Banner published an account of the girl's escapades afteér her visit to this city. Developments disclose that Helen Audrey SBf'lvers was married under the name of Helen Foster to Joe Bowman, a taxi driver of Kendaliville. After disapperaing frcm Kendaliville In a mysterious man ner the girl showed up at home wherel fhe nowis : - e 1

The story as told by the fahter to S-H. Hoover of this city was that the Silvers family on a Sunday morning in April went to church ‘and were seated in.the balancy. Shortly aftgr arriving at the chu:ch, the daughter, who is sixtéen vear: of ag~, complained of a headache and sta »d- she was going to the basement to get a drink of water. That was the last seen of her by her parents, until she returned to her home a few days ago. The giri's picture was posted in all of the Chicago newspapers but efforts to.locate her whereabouts met with no avail.

Early in June the girl was in Ligonier where she remained two days and made an effort to secure employment as a stenographer.t She then went to Kendallville and in July was married at Albion to Joe Bowman. The couple then made their home with Bowman's sister on Summitt street in Kendaliville. About three weeks ago the girl again disappeared and the husband finding the address of the Silvers family, notified the father. This was the first clue the Silvers -family had concerning their missing daughter. The girl's actions about Kendallville were said to be queer at times, and facts concerning her visit were more or less a gx%to}li ‘who knew her. Slie was said to have made the rémark that she was a nurse and was going back to Chicago to practice her profession.

First Community Picnie "The first of a series of community picnic suppers will be given at ths farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Jokn Crothers in Sparta township Thursday evening, October Tth. : C. R. Stansbury, “Picnic Charley,” announces that the merchants of Ligonfer with their wives and daughters will meet the familes of the Crothers neighborhood in a social function. All the host is asked to furnish is the drinking - water. The wives of the merchants are asked to prepare meat sandwiches, salad and cake. Hot coffee will. be furnished by Mr. Stansbury’'s committee. - Merchants will make the trip in their automobiles. - : These community picnics are given as a part of the program of the Ligonier Community Extension League. The committee is composed of C. R. Stansbury, A. B. Weaver, M. A. Hutchison, F. E. Weir and W. C. B. Harrison.

- Cox in Fort Wayme. When Gov. Cox ° speaks in Fort Wayne Wednesday evening, October 13, the town will not be large enougn to hold the people who will desire to hear him. Gov. Cox has no doubt about] where he stands.on all the issues of the campaign and he replies to all questions put to him from his anditors in a courteous manner. No questioner is snubbed by Gov. Cox, and no one is arrested and jailed for propounding a pertinent question as was the case in Baltimore when Senator Harding was asked if he stood with Senator Johnson on the league of natioms issue. The roads leading from Noble county to Fort Wayne are good and the people here have many automobiles. Hear Cox at Fort Wayne,

Compton Purchases House." Contractor Ed Compton Saturday purchased at guardian’s sale the Josephine Wolf property at the corner of Union and Grand streets. It is understood his purpose was to enlarge his residence grounds. The house and barn on the property are to be' sold and removed. The corner is a very desireable one. : ‘ Monddy Market Day. : Next Monday, October 11 will be the first of a series of monthly market days in Eigonier given by the Retail Merchants Division of the Community Extension League. o ~ ‘The special bargain issue describing ‘the bargains will be mailed early this R e | ——— s . Farmers Attention. Horseshoeing 'and general bhg-j smithing promptly done at reasondble prices. New shop in rear of Weir & Cowley’s. Give me a call. Wil H. Hieber, the blacksmith. ~ 31a2m

LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, TUESDAY OCTOBER 5. 1920

DEMOCRATIC MEETING In Headquarters, over Williams Drug Store Monday Evening, October 11 L e CLAUDE G. BOWERS ~ Editor of Fort Wayne ’Joumal-Cazdte | The -League of Nations and State Issues will be Discussed Everybody Cordially Invited.

CHARGE IS ADMITTED Albuquerqua, N. M., Editor Declines to Pervert the News For Republican National Commlittee All during the speaking tour of Gov. Cox through the west emmisaries sent out by the Republican National committee have preceded him to arrange with the newspapers to give as little attention to the addresses as possible and to discredit- and nullity his influence. ’

The Albuquerqua Morning Journal, a leading republican paper of New Mexico, in its morning issue of September 24, says: - ' - “We asked Governor Cox a half dozen questions yesterday morning. He answered them courteously even if not satisfactorialy. We will discuss his answers a little later. He said we asked them graciously. “He in turn asked us a question in a gracious and courteous manner. We are a good sportsman and will answer it. It was this: '

“Did not two gentlemen named Headley and Smith, representing Will H. Hays, national Republican chairman call upon you a few days before my arrival and ask you mot to emPphasize my welcome in New Mexico and t 0 handle my " ‘meeting ™~ heré as lightly as possible and to minimize its effect and add that they were traveling ahead of me to interview Republican papers for that purpose?” “Two men of some such names did interview us and did so represent themselves. They did make such a request and such a statement. l “We refused their request; said any distinguished visitor in Aubuquerque would rereive a gracious reception from the Journal and the widest and fairest publicity, regardless of politics that we believed in free and fair discussion ;that we owed the national committee nothing and would conduct the Journal as we chose.

“They then said, “Of course you will; you misunderstood us.

“We are supporting Harding andl Coolidge, but disapprove of the methods of overzealous partisans. “That such is the attitude of the Journal is proven by our handling of the news of the Cox visit, both yesterday and this morning.” Skeels Sells Out. John Skeels, head of the firm of Skeels & Snyder, onion buyers at Kimmell, has sold out the business for 1920 to M. Piamaty & Sons of Chicago. The warehouse at Kimmeéll has been leased to the Chicago firm and Skeels & Snyder are now out of @e onion game for this season. Mr! and Mrs. Skeels who are residents of Ligonier, will probably spend the winter in the south. = . Birthday Surprise. ; Mrs. L. vida Warren and Mrs. F. E Miller c:l.b:2t d th: annivresary of their bir.h at the M.l . home Friday ievenlng ad a fne tu: was enjéyed The affair was a comp.:te surprise on Mrs. Warren, Fine rafreshments v .| served. When Mrs. Warren arrived home after the festivities she found her son H. O. Warren, of Indianapolis, awaiting her, the second surprise. : Bulldlag Committee. . Following is the building committco for the new Christian church: Rev. H. W. Thompson, W. W. Wood, Louis Shearer, Ray Wolf, John Shell and Mrs. Lulu Dodsworth. W.-W. Wood and Ralph Strait will formulate the plans for the big improvement and serve as architects. : . L e——t—- __,+ Work Going On. The receiving vault at Oak Park eemetery is shaping under the hands of skilled workmen and will soon be completed. An order for a steel door placed with the Highway Iron Products company for the vault was filled contained in five steel barrels and was shipped by Mr. mfihflm Mr. Frper hag made from Ligimier. '

Elks Plan A Huge Christmas Cele- . " bration ' At the weekly meeting of the Eiks last Friday night the plan was worked to have a Christmas tree for the kids of Ligonier. -This is something entirely new for the city but has been done in other Elks lodges for several years. ] : The name of each child between the ages of two and twelve will be asked for this next week by a committee of girls of the sixth grade. These giris are known as San T. Claus’ helpers. When they come to your door please give them the name and age of each child in your home so that no one s slighted. : Invitations will be sent out later and the Committee wants every one present. ' :

The following letter was received a few days ago. - The North Pole, Oct. Ist 1920 The Elks Club _ Ligonier, Indiana, - e United States of America. Dear Goodfellows:—

-1 am writing to you as a special favor this year asking that you assist me in giving the boys and girls of Ligonier a real Christmas and want you to act. This is ‘M‘EM wdo g aswe . oot Ul ol e WP Wt havi s complete list of all the boys and giris of Ligonier and that way give out the presents at your Home. You are to have a tree ready and I will be on hand with a present for each boy ard girl. I will have to come Christmas eve as Christmas night I will be very far south. Of course you will not mind that. R ;

You goodfellows, are ordered-to get me a list of every boy and girl in Ligonier between the ages of two and twelve so that I may allot everything which comes to your eity. : To do this get several girls of the sixth grade at school and give each one of them a street. Have them go from house to house getting the name and the age of each and every child there. I think that the teachers in this room will help you do this by forming among the girls a little club known as San T. Claus’ Helpers. I hope that I may have this by next Friday October the eighth and hand it to the teacher who will give it to you. Be sure that the Helpers do not leave out a name as we do not want to slight a child in Ligonier.

Trusting that there will be no delay in this matter and that we may have a delightful Christmas, lam , | Yours in the Spirit 1 : San T. Claus | This letter speaks for itself and the kids will watch the paper from flmef to time for further announcements. Everyone is working for the success of this which is already assured. : -~ - The Elks. | William Rogers of near Millersburg is dead at the age of BS. N Bump Sack is playing with an Angola orchestra this week. ; Miss Jeannette Wills, of Elkhart, spent Sunday with home folks. Stuart P. Carney was in Chicago Monday buying goods for the store. ¥ .rvey Miller, 22 is dead at Ken- @ lyville, a victim of tuberculosis. Ir. and Mrs. Louis Schlotterback, nf ‘Syracunse visited Ligonier friends Sund 1Y ‘. ®

Mr. and Mrs. Luther Cooper were ini Culver Sunday visiting their new grandson. Mr. and Mrs. John Kline of Goshen attended the Avery Stark family reunion Sunday. ' e Jess Kern was called from New Carlisle by the death of his brotherin- law Wesley William. | Chester Minnis, who is now employed in a Logansport factory, spent Sunday with his family here. ~ Dr. and Mrs. Fged Clapp and daughter came from South Bend Sunday to visit relatives in Ligonier. . Mr. and Mrs. Ed Culver and little son of Elkhart spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Culver. / For Sale, at auction, beginning at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon October 9th, all my household furniture in~ cluding bed clothing at residence opposite green house. Cr et s e e Jflhfi-xmm

I!Oll"! E. FIELD AND OTTO E. ~ GRANT ENTERTAIN - Bl | AUDIENCE IN CRYSTAL THEATRE Speakers Depart From Filxed Rules of Debate and Enter Into Polltical _ Discussion , Otto E. Grant, democrat, and Forest E. Field, reublican, billed to a join: debate on the subject “The League of Nations™” at the Crystal theatre in this city Thursday evening drew a .capacity crowd to the play house.. The big audience wag made up of people of all political complexion and decision over the result was arrived at in accordance with the political affliations of the hearers rather than on the merits or demerits-of the league iteelt. .. : g

Instead of a debate on the provisions of the league Mr. Field read a long address made up -largely of statements made by senators and others who opposed the league in congress. Along with these quotations he furnished some examples of his own, but he read none of the provisions of the league as drawn. Arguments against the document furnished by speakers for the republican candidat. for president were presentéd by the speaker and he even ‘amplified the pictured horrors pointed out by Senators Johnson and Borah and those opposed to any world association to preserve peace,

Sarcastic .references to demoeratic speakers illicited the usual applausc from republicans in the audience.

Not satisfied with confining England’s six votes to one for the United States Mr. Field gave the British twelve votes and he attempted to prove that if we were um leagus it 2 SR ke R ; ©il of the league in which each signatory has but one vote Mr. Field paid his entire attention to the assembly of the league which has no power to deal with other than minor matters and it is in this body that the speaker was generous enough to clo}he England with an even dozen votes to our one. ~ Before closing Recorder Field made an appeal for republican votes whicn appeal was improper and not a part of the agreed program. Mr. Grant, probably with the purpese of offsetting that portion of the vote plea, fell into the same error. In closing the discussion Mr. Grant stated emphatically that congress could send our soldiers to Europe or to any other country to tight. leagu. or no league, but congress alone has that power and our membership in the league could not alter or abridge it.

, The Constitution {s the basi¢ law of our government; and no treaty, no statute, no contract, can violate the sanctitity of its terms. - Mr. Grant took for his text the league covenanf and discussed the articles which are the subject of dispute. An article woud be quoted from the covenant and explained by the speaker, in accordance with the usual proceedure in debates. ' Mayor Henoch presided dat the meeting and introduced the speakers. °

. Bilg League Stuff. The Pittsburg Pirates of the National league will appear at the City Park diamonds in Goshen on Saturday afternoon, October 9th, battling Louie Baotchelor's All Stars. Until a few weeks ago the Pittsburg contingent of base ball artists were in the pennant fight, only recently having been eliminated by the Brooklyn Dodgers and New oYrk Gian.. They are at present in four iti Herman Sack, of Ligonier wil play short stop for the All Stars. ; . To Succeed Rev. Neal. Rev. J. W. Potter, pastor of the First M. E. church at Anderson has accepted a call to the First M. E.\church at Fort Wayne and will go there this month, succeeding Rev. A. G. Neal, recently appointed superintendent of the Goshen district. Rev. Neal will ?mvotrom Fort. Wayne to Warsaw.

~ Mrs. Ray Priée and little son of Goshen spent Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Olinghouse. It was ‘the 65th birthday of Mr. Olinghouse and his children gave him a sur-

Dr. 8. W. Paul, the new pastor of the L?gonler U. B. church arrived with | his household goods from Syracuse Monday. Rev. Paul is a widower. He has one son at home and five in Otterbein, Ohio. « : R e et e - Mrs. J. F. Lutey left Monday for Cleveland, Ohio, where she will spend ’[’tha week with her mother Mrs. O. A. %y‘m AT e g o

l o DO NOT AGREE v Dr. McColloch and Semator Harding ‘Take Issue Over Important Mat. | ‘ e , : - Dr. McColloch, democratic candidate for governor of Ind‘aua. takes issue with Senator Harding. republican presidential candidate over what is due the farmer. In his speech at LaGrange Dr. MeColloch satd: “Farming should not be ‘merely s struggle for subsistence; it should be & profitable occupation. Then we wil] have no barren acres. To this énd let us amplify the functions of the State Board of Agriculture. Let us provids for a bureau of markets in order that with a completé¢ knowledge of -market conditions, avallable rolling stock on transportation lines, and climatic and other conditions, the farmers may be able to dispose of his crops:to g, profitablesadvantage. Collective baky am-i ing in the particular has proved of wonderful value to the fruit growers, of the western coast and those of N\w York state: ~ i “l 1 cannot agree with Senator Harging when he maintains that raisihig dollar wheat is a profitable occupation.- I notice that in his speech at the Minnesota State Fair, September ¢ 1920, he tries to dodge the responsicountry are buying land 'in Ohio at that he refers to the normal days before the war, and that he had ro reference to war-time or to the after the war period. - G :

“Unfortunately the record does not sustaln him in this present position His speech was delivered on July 21 1917, after we had been in the war three months and after the world had been at war three years. On page 5889, of the Congressional Record, he says: “The knowing farmers-of. the country’ are buying Inad in Ohio at $l5O an acre for the purpose of going into a commercial proposition of raising wheat at a dollar a bushel.” Comment is unnecessary. , : Dr. McColloch. continues: =~

“We have not enough farm owners. Opportunities for the purcase of land and equipment on favorable terms must be amplified. Long time loans at reasonable interest rates and gradual also been too often used to manipulate the market at the same time against the producer and also against the ultimate consummer. The low price of fruit, eggs, and perishable produtes to the producer and the high price of these same articles to the consumer has caused pecuniary loss to the farmers and extortionate expense to the latter. State regulation of these affairs is one of the best means of reducing the high cost of living. Purdue Scholarship. - Wawaka, Ind., Sept. 30.—The Farmers’ Federation of Elkhart township held a very enthusiastic meeting Tuesday eveiiing at the town hall in Cosperville, Chairman John E. Pancake presiding. Regular business was transacted, after which Prof. Harold Sorgenfrei, leader of Elkhart township's boys' and girls' club, pleaded for representation from Elkhart township for admittance to Purdue university. The federation granted funds in behalf of coming honor pupil—funds not to be less than $l7 nor more than $2O. The chairman was instructed to choose the committee as soon as possible for the coming membership drive. Announcement of the chosen committee will shortly follow and next meeting will also be announced. e

After Bank Robbers.

Sheriff Rupley, of Whitley county, has returned from Toledo where he check. .. over a twn bushel sack full of Lib bonds recently ' >covered from & g..g of thieves in a raid on an apartment house. Three members of the gang, Cowpoy Hill, = : Forrest and Mrs. Billie Canhoun were ~rrested, the rest of the gang cscaping. Noue of the Toledo bonds were those stolen forth the Churubusco bank. = Jack Wright, who was recently arrest | at " troit and taken to South Bend, is

lieved to have been implicated in the Churubusco robbery and is being questioned. . :

Ray Wolf Breaks Arm.

Ray Wolf has a badly fractured right arm. He received the injury when cranking the big truck used by htm in his employment with the Standard Oil company ‘Thursday evening. Both bones of the wrist were badly shattered and the gentleman will be unable to work for some time. s

Notice to Tax Payers.

Notice is herby given that I will be in Ligonier to collect taxes for Ligonier and Perry township at the places and dates given herewith: Farmers & Merchants Trust Company Monday and Tuesday, October 4andb.

Citizens = Bank, Wednesday and Thursday October 6 and 7. - ; | . Mier State Bank Friday and Sature day October 8 and 9, 1920. - Bring your last tax receipts with you. o B t Morton P. Thomas, Co. Treasurer M e e . 30adt

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A, N. HALL, UNCLE TOM'S CABIN EMPLOYEE, KILLS HIS BOSS WITH TENT STAKE Identity of Offender Shielded by Fel. low Workmen Deepens Mystery of "Bad Affalr . : Fred Bolz, alias Frank Lewis whose home was fn New Britain, Connecticut died in an Elkhart hospital Friday night from. a crushed skull, the result of a biow on the head administered by A. N. Hall, of Tennessee.

Bolz was employed as yard and tent boss by Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin company and his assailant was a member of the tent gang. The company gave a performance in this city Thursday night and early Friday morning Bolz abused Hall for being late, caliing hind an insulting name. Hall, who is about 35, struck Bolz, aged about 6§ on the head with a tent stake. The Injured man was loaded into the Keir ambulance under direction of. Drs. Hursey and Lane and rushed to aa Eikhart hospital. » . ‘Bolz never regained consciousness. The body was brought back to Ligunier and an autopsy Sunday by the same physicians' disclosed a badly crushed skull: ¢

-'Marshal Showalter, Night Officer Fisher and Howard Fisel went to Wolcottville Saturday where it was claimed Hall had appeared to draw his pay, but when the officers arrtved there no trace of the assassin could be

found, and thére was no means of establishing the offender’s identity. It is the opinion of the officers that Hall is being shielded by his fellow workthem in one of the wagons. : (LR SIEEE SRRILE. W SRR SR, fatal blow. : . Among the effects of the dead man was evidence that his name was Bols and that he resided in the Connecticut town. Just why he traveled under the name of Lewis is not known. A telegram from the chief of police of New Britain requested Undertaker Kerr to hold the remains for identifi)canon and that relatives would claim }them. ‘The body is reposing in the recelving vault in Oak Park cemetery. The Uncle Tom's Cabin company is booked to show in LaGrange today, land after making a few Michigan ‘towns will go into winter headquarters at Benton Harbor Saturday. . Marshal Showalter and Howard Fisel came home from Ashley Monday. When theéy arrived there they found the Uncle Tom's Cabin company broken‘up and the employees scattered. It may be a long time before the man who killed Bolz is apprehended.

Indiana Federation of Farmers’ The Indiana Federation of Farmers’' Associations was born March 25th, 1919. In the beginning prosspective members invariably asked, “What does the organization expect to do?’ During those days we lacked a background. Then we were blazing a new trall. Then we had to ask a farmer to join very much as he did with his church. In this straightforward manner we did not make any promises which later we might be compelled to break. Our propositiold was clean cut and farmers took hold of it readily. While religion might survive on faith - ~der human guidance, no busi- , ness Lnization could be expected to do so. Business men demand results in their private endeavors and they have icarned to expect even greater results through their co-operative efforts. Farmers are just as anxious for results as buciness men. Farmers are williug to pay fied dues, to give o certain -amount of their time in their common cause, but they demand concrete results which they can point out with pride to their neighbors. They realize that an organization will no% long survive 'on good intentions alone. Here are two pieces of work that are being done for the farmers of Indiana by thg farmers themselves. 1. The manufacturers of the United States introduced the Nolan Bill in congress which proposes to place a federal tax of 1% on land value which is an excess of $lO,OOO. A referendum was taken by the organized farmers of twenty eight states. The vote was overwhelmingly against the bill. Thesa facts have been given U. S. Congressmen and Senators with the resmit that the bill now slumbers in the com- . committee of manufacturers and merof money and influence to have this e eSR T il